Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Weber State/Utah Distance Challenge

We will be attending several different meets this weekend. The distance athletes will be heading to the Olympic Oval for the Utah Distance Challenge. Information can be found HERE. After the meet they will travel to Ogden to join the rest of the team. The sprinters/field event athletes will travel to Ogden to compete. Schedule of events found HERE. Those who do not have events on Saturday will return home with Coach Henderson Friday night. The bus will be back at the HS around midnight. Those competing Saturday will stay overnight in Ogden then return home Saturday evening.

BYU Results/Performances of the Week

There were some outstanding performances this last weekend as the Star Valley Track & Field team participated at the BYU HS invitational in Provo. Sam Gertsch threw the weight 56 feet 10 inches to win the event and 50-4 in the shot. Sam was voted MVP male field event athlete for the entire meet. His weight throw DESTROYED the school record by nearly 12 feet. He will also receive the POW for the team. Other solid performances were provided by Hannah Demler, Cody Peck, Aspen Heward, and Faith Robbins. Aspen set a personal best in the 200 and 60h this weekend. She will receive the POW for this week. Complete results can be found HERE.

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

BYU Invitational

Our first meet of the year will be in Provo, Ut. @ the BYU Invitational on January 17-18th. All athletes who have their 9 practices in and are academically eligible to compete will attend. Complete information and a schedule of events can be found HERE. We will have a short parent meeting Tuesday, January 14th. We will be reviewing policies and procedures for this year. The bus will leave @ 11 a.m. on Friday and we will be home around 11 p.m. Saturday night.